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19 July 2023
The devastating 17 July 2023 debris flow at Quetame in Colombia
The devastating 17 July 2023 debris flow at Quetame in Colombia, which killed at least 14 people including three children.
29 June 2023
The 27 June 2023 landslide at Miansi, Sichuan Province, China
The 27 June 2023 landslide at Miansi, Sichuan Province, China, which is reported to have killed at least seven people.
9 May 2023
The deadly mud and debris flows around Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo
On Thursday 4 May 2023, intense rainfall triggered a series of deadly mud and debris flows around Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing at least 401 people.
20 April 2023
The 26 November 2022 Casamicciola landslide on the island of Ischia in Italy
A new paper in the journal Landslides describes the 26 November 2022 Casamicciola landslide on the island of Ischia in Italy, which killed 12 people
15 March 2023
Lago Riesco: a large debris flow in southern Chile
On 11 March 2023 a large debris flow occurred close to Lago Riesco in the Aysen region of southern Chile, triggered by heavy rainfall.
8 February 2023
Secocha: reports of 40 fatalities in landslides in Peru
On 5 February 2023 a series of deadly landslides struck the town of Secocha in Arequipa, Peru, killing at least 40 people.
25 January 2023
The 30 August 2020 debris flow at Azijue village in Sichuan Province
In a paper published in the journal Landslides, Yan et al. (2023) discuss the 30 August 2020 debris flow at Azijue village in Sichuan, China, which killed three people and destroyed two villages. The losses were caused by an unusual secondary failure of ancient deposits in the channel bed.
27 October 2022
Yucaipa: a remarkable debris flow video from the San Bernardino Mountains
Yucaipa: a remarkable debris flow video from the San Bernardino Mountains in California. The flows were triggered by heavy rainfall in the El Dorado fire scar on 12 September 2022
10 October 2022
The 8-9 October 2022 disaster at Las Tejerías in Venezuela
On 8-9 October 2022 a “landslide” disaster occurred at Las Tejerías in Venezuela, killing at least 30 people, and leaving a further 54 people missing.
21 January 2022
Murgame: a debris flow game from the WSL
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) has written an interactive game, Murgame, that highlights the risks associated with debris flows to mountain communities
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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